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    Newbie here. What is exactly flashing a torrent?

    Hi this is a n00b question, what exactly flashing is? When people say I flashed 1tb on this tracker without getting banned what does that mean? Thanks.
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    Flashing is reporting a lot of fake upload in a very small amount of time. It's the most obvious form of cheating and all modern tracker sources include code to detect it, so with very limited exceptions it doesn't really work anymore.
    "I just remembered something that happened a long time ago."
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    Thank you anon for description. I was trying to search for it on the forums but couldn't find an exact answer except people talking about how much to flash.
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    Pleasantries aside, before following any advice you read here, check the timestamps first. Some active threads are almost a decade old. (And the forum itself has outlived many trackers, but that's a different matter...)
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    Quote Originally Posted by chaparkanati2020 View Post
    Thank you anon for description. I was trying to search for it on the forums but couldn't find an exact answer except people talking about how much to flash.
    you can use mratio for flashing
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    Anyone still uses flashing?
    It's the easiest way to get caught. If you overdo it, you end up in top10 lists and you immediately get investigated.

    Slow and steady cheating is the right way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sashiagustina View Post
    you can use mratio for flashing
    Some historical background: there was a time when flashers got banned not for their speeds, but because programs of the time didn't format or send announces correctly. Therefore, the ability to flash using a tool that was already proven safe on this regard (mRatio) became fairly attractive. The248 didn't want to implement it at all, but demand was high enough.

    In any case, the facts it is not enabled by default, its icon is a warning sign and you're lectured on its danger before using it have never been more relevant.

    Quote Originally Posted by cirulilu View Post
    Anyone still uses flashing?
    It's the easiest way to get caught. If you overdo it, you end up in top10 lists and you immediately get investigated.
    That's how it used to be, but nowadays you'll still get banned, Top 10 or not. That's why I personally was very surprised about our hero who recently flashed 1 TB on OPS, heh. Guess they literally have no anti-cheating scripts active, he avoided the "top uploaders" list, and maybe had a little luck.
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